Birth information bill for adopted people ‘at odds’ with EU law, committee hears
Lawyers tell TDs and Senators that Birth Information Bill ‘not legal’ under GDPR
Lawyers tell TDs and Senators that Birth Information Bill ‘not legal’ under GDPR
Under proposed legislation all such services will be vested solely in State agencies
Legislative changes will vest all future legal rights and responsibilities for information and trace services solely in State agencies
Adoption Authority has identified 160 potential locations where files are being held
Katherine Zappone is working on amendments to enable disclosure of information for adoptees
Independent report on illegal birth registration due to Zappone at end of May
‘Lack of communication and consultation with survivors is not helping but causing hurt and harm’
Women who want partner to become stepfather no longer have to give up legal rights
Adoption Amendment Bill: Traumatised young ‘must not see services cut’ if adopted
Newly published legislation provides eligibility for couples in civil partnership to adopt
Paula Douglas’s birth certificate was forged and she cannot trace her birth mother
Minister accuses No side of trying toconfuse voters with irrelevant issues
Mother-and-baby homes were only part of the system for dealing with unmarried mothers in the 1950s. Many children were also sold into a thriving network that stretched from Ireland to the US
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